Preventing burnout in medical residency requires setting strict professional boundaries, prioritizing passions outside the hospital, and rejecting the traditional medical culture of overwork. Discover actionable strategies from a physician who avoid…
Discover how running without earbuds can become a powerful therapeutic tool for physicians battling burnout. By swapping playlists for silence, doctors can quiet mental noise, process heavy emotional trauma from residency and clinical practice, and …
Building a sustainable medical career requires moving beyond the traditional single-mentor model. By intentionally curating a hand-picked 'mentoring family' of diverse peers, senior advisors, and trusted confidants, healthcare professionals can dist…
When healthcare burnout reaches its peak, the fantasy of walking away from clinical practice entirely is a common coping mechanism. Many physicians find themselves entertaining wildly irrational escape plans—such as quitting medicine altogether to s…
Discover how the calendar closet cleaning method can help burnt-out physicians systematically evaluate their daily commitments, eliminate energy drains, and create essential white space. By treating your schedule like a cluttered wardrobe, you can s…
High-achieving pediatricians are exceptionally skilled at masking severe psychological distress, often suffering in complete silence behind a veneer of professional competence. Discover why pediatric burnout carries a unique, crushing stigma, how ph…
When medical professionals experience burnout, the usual suspects are always the same: grueling 80-hour workweeks, impossible administrative burdens, and chronic sleep deprivation. But for many hospitalists and frontline clinicians, the true breakin…
Hello, friends, and welcome to the very first installment of the Still Practicing blog. If you are reading these words, chances are you are someone who carries a heavy load. Perhaps you are a healthcare professional, an educator, an entrepreneur, an…